‘Conclave’ & ‘The Brutalist’ Among Titles Added To Camerimage Lineup

Edward Berger’s latest Conclave and Brady Corbet’s much-talked-about epic The Brutalist are among the titles that have been added to this year’s Camerimage Film Festival lineup. 

Joining those titles is Vermiglio by Maura Delpero. Vermiglio debuted at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The Brutalist also had its debut bow at the Italian festival while Conclave premiered at Telluride. 

Conclave follows Cardinal Lawrence who is tasked with running the covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church. Starring in the pic are Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O’Byrne, Carlos Diehz, Merab Ninidze, Thomas Loibl with Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini. 

Corbet’s The Brutalist chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract with shady benefactors. Corbet wrote the story with Mona Fastvold, and the pic stars Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, and Joe Alwyn. 

Vermiglio, which Sideshow and Janus Films have set for December 25 U.S. theatrical release, is described as a “portrait of a sprawling family.” The film is set in 1944, in the titular high-mountain village of the Italian Alps where war looms as a distant but constant threat. The arrival of Pietro (Giuseppe De Domenico), a taciturn Sicilian soldier who hides out in town after deserting the army, disrupts the dynamics of the local teacher’s family, changing them forever. He develops a romance with the eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi), which ends up having unforeseen consequences for everyone. As the world emerges from its tragedy, the family will face its own. The pic won the Silver Lion in Venice. 

This year’s Camerimage Film Festival will run from November 16-23. The festival will open with a screening of Steve McQueen’s latest Blitz.